>>
>>> On Wednesday 27 July 2016 07:50 AM, Peter Chen wrote:
>>>> of_node_put needs to be called when the device node which is got
>>>> from of_parse_phandle has finished using.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Peter Chen <peter.c...@nxp.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c | 1 +
>>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
>>>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
>>>> index c6c5465..d8cb9d0 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
>>>> @@ -1571,6 +1571,7 @@ static int emac_dev_open(struct net_device *ndev)
>>>> if (priv->phy_node) {
>>>> phydev = of_phy_connect(ndev, priv->phy_node,
>>>> &emac_adjust_link, 0, 0);
>>>> + of_node_put(priv->phy_node);
>>>> if (!phydev) {
>>>> dev_err(emac_dev, "could not connect to phy %s\n",
>>>> priv->phy_node->full_name);
>>>>
>>>
>>> phy_node is accessed in case of of_phy_connect() returns error, so it
>>> has to be moved after the dev_err log
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, you are right. I will change it, thanks.
>>
>
>I see one more problem, when you stop and open the interface there is no way
>to get
>the phy_node and interface will be unusable, so of_node_put() should be moved
>to
>remove()
>
It is my careless. Like I replied to David I did not know the phy_node would be
used
in whole driver's life cycle. I will change it, thanks.
Peter
